Fascinating tapes show Diana preparing to speak in public about her relationship with Prince Charles

By Paul Harper

25th July 2017, 9:35 am

Updated: 26th July 2017, 10:19 am

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN videotaped confessions made by Princess Diana are set to be aired after Prince William and Prince Harry's moving television interviews to mark the 20th anniversary of her death.

The tapes, captured by her speech coach Peter Settelen, will show Diana reflecting on her early life, her relationship with Prince Charles and her time in the public eye.

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This footage, due to be aired in the documentary Diana In Her Own Words on Channel 4, was recorded at Kensington Palace in the early 1990s.

These tapes were never intended for public viewing, but part of coaching to prepare Diana to present her account of her life and marriage to Prince Charles.

It was also part of preparation for her famous Panorama interview with Martin Bashir in which she alluded to Charles' mistress and current wife Camilla Parker-Bowles by saying "there were three of us" in her marriage.

Ralph Lee, Channel 4's deputy chief creative officer & head of factual, who commissioned the film, told the Mirror: "The tapes, which show a relaxed and off-duty Diana, are hugely illuminating about her personality, humour and charm.

"Combined with historical context and interviews with her closest confidants, this film provides a nuanced, multilayered portrait of the most famous woman in the world and a mother who has shaped the future line of the royal family."

The Mirror reported that her Spencer family insisted they owned the footage but the tapes were eventually returned to Settelen in 2004 after a lengthy dispute.

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Friends and associates such as her personal protection officer Ken Wharfe, private secretary Patrick Jephson, and ballet teacher Anne Allan will also speak in the documentary, which has been produced by Kaboom Film & TV.